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HAY LOADER.

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HAY LOADER.

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s W W NITED STATES I CYRUS F. ASIRE AND FREDRICH LEDRICH, OF BECKS MILL,OHIO, ASSIGN- OBS OF ONE-THIRD TO JACOB SHENEMAN, OF BEOKS MILL, OHIO.

HAY-LO ADER.

' SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 68 4,902, datedOctober 22, 1901.

Application filed July 17, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CYRUS F. ASIRE and FRIEDRICH LEDRICH, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Becks Mill, in the county of Holmes andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Loaders; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact descrip-j tion of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, makinga part of this specification, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a top view. Fig. 2 is aside elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

,The present invention has relation to hayloaders; and it consists inthe different parts and combination of parts hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents 4 the side bars, which arepreferably formedof wood and between which side bars is located thebottom 2, which bottom is formed of any suitable material and is held inplace in any convenient and well-known manner. Upon the outside of eachside bar 1 are connected the curved or bent bars 2, to which curved bars2 is pivotally attached the rake-head 3, which rake-head is providedwith the raketeeth 4, which rake-teeth are of the ordinary constructionand their position changed by means of the lever 6, which lever is fixedto the rake-head 3 and is moved up and down and held in fixed adjustmentby means of the notched segmental bar 7 and the sliding bolt 9, whichsliding bolt is provided with the nut 10. The devices for holding thelever 6 and the teeth in fixed adjustment may be varied withoutdeparting from the nature of our invention.

The outer upper ends of the side bars 1 are provided with the roller 11,which roller is properly journaled in the bars 12 or their equivalents.At the rear ends of the side bars 1 and directly in front of the lowerportions of the rake-teeth 5 is located the roller 50 13, which rolleris properly journaled in the bent bars 2 or their equivalents. AroundSerial no. 68.577. (No erode.)

the rollers 11 and 13 are located the belts-14, to which belts areattached in any convenient and well-known manner the bars 15, which barsare provided with teeth 16, and the members of the belts 14 so arrangedthat one member will come below the bottom 2 and the othermember abovethe bottom 2', as illustrated in Fig. 3. To the bent or curved members 2is connected the axle 17, upon'which axle are loosely mounted thedriving-wheels 18, said driving-wheels havingiixed thereto theratchet-wheels 19. i i

Upon the axle 17 arev also located the sprocket-wheels 20, and for thepurposeof providing for independent rotation between the driving-wheels18 and the sprocket-wheels 20 the ordinary dogs 21 are provided, whichdogs engage the ratchet-wheels 19, said dogs being held in operativeposition by means of springs 22. Thisconstructionbeingcominon, no detaildescription is here necessary. From the. sprocket-wheels 20 lead thedrive-chains 23, said drive chains. passing under the sprocket-wheels 21, which sprocket-wheels are connected to the axle of the roller 13, thedrive-chain 24: extending upward and over the sprocket-wheel 25, to theside of which sprocket-wheels are located the cog-wheels 26, saidsprocket and cog wheels being mounted upon short shafts 27, which shaftsare connected to the upper ends of the posts 28, said posts being fixedto the side bars 1 and to the curved bars 2. The cog-wheels 26 mesh withthe cog-wheels 29, said cog-Wheels 29 being fixed to the crank-shaft3.0.

The object and purpose of locating the cogwheels as shown in Fig. 3 isto provide means for rotating the crank-shaft 30 in the oppositedirection from the rotation of the main traveling wheels 18. It will beunderstood that the rollers 11 and 13 should rotate in the samedirection as that of the traveling wheels, so that the upper members ofthe belts 14 will move upward as the loader is propelled forward.

To the crank-shaft 30 are pivotally connected a series of hooked bars31, which hooked bars are located upon the crank-shaft 3O insuch amanner that they will come be tween the rake-teeth 4 as they are movedbackward by means of the crank-shaft 30, and

as they move backward they will be moved upward by the upward throwofthe crankshaft 30, by which arrangement they will be disengaged from thehay, and when the crankshaft 30 starts downward and forward the hookedbars 31. will be moved downward and forward, thereby moving the hayforward onto the endless elevating device, which device consists, asheretofore stated, of chains or belts and tooth-bars. By providing thehooked bars 31 and connecting them to the crank-shaft 30 they willassist in removing the hay as it is gathered by the rake-teeth, andthereby prevent any choking.

For the purpose of holding the front or forward ends of the hooked bars31 in proper relative position the cross-bar 32 is provided, whichcross-bar is formed of a length corresponding substantially with thewidth of the frame and the ends of said cross-bar located in the slots33, which slots are formed in the bars 3%, said bars being connected tothe curved side bars 2 in any convenient and well-known manner, saidslotted bars 34: being set in a short distance from the inner faces ofthe curved bars 2.

- For the purpose of preventing any end movement of the cross-bar 32said cross-bar is provided with nuts 35, located upon opposite sides ofthe bars 34, but should be sufficiently spaced so as to allow a freereciprocating movement of the cross-bar 32.

For the purpose of connecting the loader to the rear end of a wagon anordinary tongue 36 is provided, which tongue is connected in anyconvenient and well-known manner.

By our peculiar arrangement the loader is mounted upon the axle of thetraveling wheels in such a manner that said axle forms a center for allthe different parts of the loader, or, in other words, any oscillationof the loader has for its oscillation-point the axle, it beingunderstood, of course, that when in use the loader is held againstoscillation by means of the tongue 36, the forward end of Which is heldin fixed position as between said tongue and the part of the wagon towhich it is attached, but of course in such a manner that the tongue isfree to come and go with the movements of the wagon up and down.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hay-loader the combination of a traveling frame mounted uponwheels, an endless conveyer carried thereby, a rake-head provided withrake-teeth means for adjusting the rake-teeth, a crank-shaft havingjournaled thereto, a series of hooked bars, said hooked bars extendedrearward and spaced between the rake-teeth, upon the crank-shaft, andmeans for imparting rotary motion to the crank-shaft, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. In a hay-loader the combination of a traveling frame, an endlessconveyer carried by the frame, a journaled rake-head provided a withrake-teeth, means for holding the raketeeth in fixed adjustment, acrank-shaft having journaled thereto a series of hooked bars, a crossbarconnected to the forward ends of said hooked bars, slotted bars adaptedto carry the cross-bar located at the forward end of the hooked bars,and means for imparting rotary motion to the crank-shaft, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

CYRUS F. ASIRE. I FREDRICH LEDRIOII. Witnesses:

WAYNE COLLIER, S. B. BAILEY.

